Brown butter sweet potato chocolate chip cookies

These brown butter sweet potato chocolate chip cookies are thick, chewy and chocolaty with tons of texture in each bite.

Hollaaaaa! I made brown butter. For the first time ever. People were all like “oh, it’s so nutty and delicious! Brown butter this, brown butter that, brown butter ALL THE THINGS!” And I was just standing there on the sidelines like “ok dude, chill with the brown butter.”

I get it now though and I’m hopping on that train. You know, 3 years late or whatever.

So I had this pot of brown butter and yeah, some of it made it’s way into my mouth via spoon (like you wouldn’t do the same) but I still filled an entire mason jar up with the rest of it.

And… now we have cookies.

Sweet potato chocolate chip cookies that are a texture EXPLOSION in your mouth. Think oats, coconut flakes, chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chips (I know, you’re all like “dude, I can read the ingredients below.” Just work with me here, mmk?) all in a browned butter nutty cookie. Not a pie person? Bring these to your Thanksgiving celebration, totally appropriate, they have SWEET POTATOES in them.

ps- we’re making more browned butter things on Wednesday and it involves your Thanksgiving breakfast!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silpat.

Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Combine the maple syrup, eggs, brown butter, and vanilla in a medium bowl and whisk together until smooth.

Add the mashed sweet potato and brown sugar and whisk again until smooth.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a spatula.

Fold in the coconut and nuts.

Drop about 2 tablespoons of batter onto the baking sheet for each cookie.

Press 3-4 chocolate chips into the top of each cookie.

Bake for 12-14 minutes until firm and starting to turn golden brown on the edges.

Remove from the oven and let cool for 2-3 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.

Notes

To brown butter melt 1 stick of unsalted butter in a small sauce pot over medium heat. Whisk continuously for about 10-15 minutes until it turns golden brown. Once it becomes golden brown, remove from heat immediately to avoid burning it.

So I’ve never, ever eaten browned butter. Every time I see a recipe that calls for it, I am instantly more attracted to it–maybe because I’ve never had it so it is SO appealing, or maybe because I just know how good it must be. Anyway, combining it with sweet potatoes and chocolate? Even more sold.

Hmm…did you make any substitutions? The only “sugar” in these is the maple syrup. They’re definitely not a super sweet cookie but between the sweet potato, vanilla and bit of maple syrup, they should taste “sweet enough” for a relatively healthy cookie. On the wetness, I’m not sure…did you measure the cooked sweet potato? Too much of that could definitely make them too wet.

I didn’t make any substitutions, but I’m thinking that maybe with a bit more maple syrup or even brown sugar (though I don’t want to add it – I like that it isn’t in the recipe!) may be just the ticket. I am going to try them again since they look really unique and I want them to work for us. Thanks for the reply! And btw we love your pumpkin/oatmeal pancakes:).

sorry for the confusion, you just need 3 tablespoons for this recipe. the note was explaining how to make brown butter and I said 1 stick in that assuming you would have leftover butter for another use.

I made these today in an effort to have my daughters have their daily veggies. I did not have the flours so I used 1 cup all purpose flour and 1 cup oat bran. I did not add any water to my steamed mashed sweet potatoes and did not find them watery at all. I also used white chocolate chips mixed in the batter to add sweetness for the girls. They devoured 2-3 each. I would make these again but increase the maple syrup or brown sugar, and flatten them before baking (they expanded upward but not outward). Thanks for a great way to use sweet potatoes!

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